Personally - I listen to vinyl when I really want to "listen" to some really excellent live music and do not mind the exercise of changing albums.
Rest of the time I put on the digital.
My current digital rig is extremely convenient...
- my entire collection is on a "RAID mirrored" NAS drive
- I access/stream the tracks from my iMac
- I control the access via my phone/tablet from anywhere in the house
- the quality is extremely good
However - the quality of my digital rig still pales in comparison to my vinyl rig, which is hardly surprising, since I've spent more on various analogue related component-parts.
But, even today's modestly priced digital gear is extremely good, especially when I think back to the analogue rig I started out with, and from what I am hearing/reading/experiencing it is getting better all the time.
My one gripe about vinyl these days is - I seem to return more defective albums these days...
- warped albums
- defective tracks - I'm talking serious track distortions
- one even had metal shavings embedded in the vinyl
Shouldn't the quality of vinyl have gone up with the advent of more precise cutting/pressing technology - or is it becoming a "Lost Artform"?
Would I trash my vinyl collection in favour of digital?
- NEVER!!!
- I still buy selected vinyl for live concerts and classical
- if a store has both - I gravitate to the vinyl section
- However, I don't avoid buying digital albums.
- but I'm really glad of the vinyl resurgence.
But please - DON'T bring back cassette tapes :-)
Cheers :-)